- verboperate (verb) · operates (third person present) · operated (past tense) · operated (past participle) · operating (present participle)
- (of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system):"a shortage of workers to operate new machines"
- (of a machine, process, or system) function in a specified manner:"market forces were allowed to operate freely"
- be in effect:"there is a powerful law that operates in politics"
- (of a person or organization) manage and run (a business):"many foreign companies operate factories in the U.S"
- (of an organization) be managed and run in a specified way:"neither company had operated within the terms of its charter"
- (of an armed force) conduct military activities in a specified area or from a specified base:"the mountain bases from which the guerrillas were operating"
- perform a surgical operation:"surgeons operated on his jaw yesterday morning" · "doctors refused to operate because of the risks involved"
Originearly 17th century: from Latin operat- ‘done by labor’, from the verb operari, from opus, oper- ‘work’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- (of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system):
- perform a surgical operation:
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